West Nile virus encephalitis: Clinical diagnostic and prognostic indicators in compromised hosts [11]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NEURITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 33745313875     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504953     Document Type: Letter

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